The AlloSphere
It's been blogged about before but I can't resist repeating it. A TED talk from a year ago that is…
Basking in a dashboard’s warm glow
When some people look at dashboards, they want to see patterns but not reasons. “They don’t want to read the…
Use of Technology – My thought process on this one is a bit left field I know but… Part2
An update on my original blog discussing the issue of how to best leverage technology to gain advantage – I…
Looking at Trees to Understand the Forest
David Simon (of The Wire fame) has sucked me into another brilliant television series with Generation Kill. It is the story of…
Mundaneum: the proto Web
Here's a fun and interesting piece from Triplecanopy about Paul Otlet, the Belgian information scientist who attempted to build an…
Stunning Business Intelligence Visualizations… from 1830
FastCompany has a great article this week on the results of the 1830 census, and the hand-made graphics (“BI –2.0”?)…
The Social Media Evolution is an incredible opportunity: but needs business management’s understanding of why and how!
The recent explosion of the numbers of users on social networks and using social media has proven to the business…
The power of business analytics
I recently presented at IBM's CIO Leadership Exchange on the power of business analytics. With 300+ of IBM's top…
Predictive Analytics and Politics – Part 1
One of the most interesting applications of Data/Text Mining and Information Extraction is Politics. I started collecting information from various…
Futuristic BI: Are We Smart Enough?
Came across this stunning TED video that demonstrates scientific data in both 3-D and audio. It’s not only functional but…